Doc talk:2.6/Manual/Data System/The Outliner

I am a bit confused by the Outliner, and I think its description should be completed (but my knowledge of Blender is too low to make this myself).

• My first remark is that it lacks a kind of general "icon reference" - I mean, a kind of lookup table where the meaning of its various icons are explained - some are explained via the Contexts page (Doc:2.5/Manual/Interface/Contexts), but not all.

• Additionally, the difference of meaning between the same icon (e.g. the mesh icon) in orange and in white is unclear.

Edited : Finally I guess an orange icon means an object, whereas a white icon means a datablock. Am I true ? Amreg

• Last, some Outliner icons appear on a kind of "disc" backgroud whose meaning is unclear, because it shows for items of the Outliner even when they are not the currently selected one (i.e. the one whose name is written in white).

Edited : Finally I guess it means that a component (maybe a datablock shared with other objects) is already selected. Am I true ? Amreg

To illustrate the above, refer to the 3rd screen capture of the Outliner window page (the one just below the "Selecting and activating" title), for the "Cube" item : the triangular icon appears in orange at the upper level, and in white at the level below. At the next down level, the "material" icon has this kind of "disc" background, even if it's not the line currently selected( and other lines hame the same "disc" background as well). Amreg 20:05, 11 August 2011 (CEST)

I'm working on rewriting the page. Take a look.

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php?title=User:BNewmark/Doc:2.6/Manual/Data_System/The_Outliner

BNewmark 17.1.2013